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Woman disturbs burglars in Shaftesbury

A 57-year-old woman arrived home last Saturday around 11.30am at her address in the East Orchard area of Shaftesbury to see two men loading items from her garage into a white transit van. She attempted to stop them from driving off by clinging onto the windscreen wipers but one of the offenders got out of…

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Toy Swap Success

Children at Oakhurst Community First School in West Moors had a successful afternoon of swapping their toys and books. This was organised by the school’s Eco-Pirates to help remind children about ways to reuse as a way of recycling.

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Bat friendly school boosts roosts

Wild animals will find that Allenbourn Middle School is a good place to nest and roost from now on. Children and staff at the school have developed the wildlife garden by improving the pond and putting up boxes for bats, birds, hedgehogs and voles.

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Hamworthy rail crossing a step closer

Councillors in Poole have voted to provide an additional £250,000 to help deliver a new rail crossing in Lower Hamworthy. Borough of Poole can now enter into an agreement with DB Schenker, freight train operator who have been granted a 125 year lease of the Hamworthy Branch Line, and appoint a civil engineering contractor. The…

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Wheelie bin arson in Boscombe

Police have issued CCTV images of a suspect after a number of arson attacks in Boscombe. At 2.13am on Thursday 19 February 2015, police were called to reports of a wheelie bin being set alight inside a wooden shed in Boscombe Spa Road. Approximately 20 minutes later, two more bins were set alight in Manor…

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‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas’

The Friends of the Priest’s House Museum invite you to a talk on the ‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Archaeology on the Eastern Silk Road’ by Dr Alastair Morrison on Thursday 12 March, 7.30pm in the Hilda Coles Open Learning Centre at the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster. The cultures along the…

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